Reliability and Validity Assessment (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

This guide explains how social scientists can evaluate the reliability and validity of empirical measurements, discussing the three basic types of validity: criterion related, content, and construct. In addition, the paper shows how reliability is assessed by the retest method, alternative-forms procedure, split-halves approach, and internal consistency method.

• | Author: Edward G. Carmines
• | Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• | Publication Date: November 01, 1979
• | Number of Pages: 72 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0803913710
• | ISBN-13: 9780803913714